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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Class Inheritance Overriding Methods

Posted by Jackson Rowland
Jackson Rowland
3,865 Points

no compiler feedback

not sure what to do...

objects.swift 
class Person {
  let firstName: String
  let lastName: String 

  init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
    self.firstName = firstName
    self.lastName = lastName
  }

  func getFullName() -> String {
    return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
  }
}

// Enter your code below
class Doctor: Person {
    override func getFullName() -> String {
        return "Dr. \(lastName)"
    }
}
let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "Sam", lastName: "Smith")

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

When you do challenges you should never modify any of the existing code unless explicitly asked to. You have changed the name of the method from fullName to getFullName.

If you change the name back to fullName like this

class Person {
  let firstName: String
  let lastName: String 

  init(firstName: String, lastName: String) {
    self.firstName = firstName
    self.lastName = lastName
  }

  func fullName() -> String { // getFullName changed to fullName
    return "\(firstName) \(lastName)"
  }
}

// Enter your code below
class Doctor: Person {
    override func fullName() -> String { // getFullName changed to fullName
        return "Dr. \(lastName)"
    }
}
let someDoctor = Doctor(firstName: "Sam", lastName: "Smith")

Then your code will pass the challenge.

Jackson Rowland
Jackson Rowland
3,865 Points

Thank you